The Weird and Wonderful World of New South Wales Registration Plates | MGUY Australia

[@paulschmidt7473]

Here in Ontario, Canada you get the standard plate, as part of the registration, if you want a custom plate, there is a fee, but it's a one off. The plate belongs to the driver, so if you have sell your car, and buy another, you can move the plate from one to another. There are some ancient plates on the road, in 1975 they had combinations like ABC123,when they ran out of numbers, they did 123ABC, then moved to the current format ABCD123 they are now up to D. There are "green" plates that start with a G for the hybrid/ev set.

[@Dalejuanfer]

Great!! I’m Colombian and I’ve got 2 custom plate numbers in NSW I’m so lucky to have BOGOTA (Capital of Colombia) REY (king in English) It’s worth every penny

[@alwaysright3718]

In Qld you just pay once for personalised plates, its a lot higher one off price but it ends after that...

[@i00Productions]

What? - they charge you every year to have a custom plate in NSW?!.. here in Qld it is only a 1 off price!.. can you get your own slogans and logos like you can in QLD?

[@nigel.w]

I'll try one last time, as YT apparently doesn't want anyone to know about the New Zealand system. Google kiwiplates and I guess it's easy enough to see for yourself if you try to create a plate. ONE-OFF NZ$599-2499 depending on format (typically 999) + up to 200 for your chosen style. Lots of styles but not as many as NSW. And you can sell the plates like in the UK. You can also restyle existing persnalised plates and also Govt-issue plates. Govt-issue plates follow the ABC123 format and the standard style is black on white.

[@nigel.w]

Simon, the current UK system is easy. The first two letters denote the area code, ie the code of the issuing office. There is no I, Q or Z. The next two numbers denote the year. And the last three letters are random, sans I or Q. Plates now change every six months, so the year is either the last two digits of the year itself, if issued March to August, or has 50 added to the year, if issued September to February the following year. The sequence started with 51 for 9/2001-2/2002 and 02 for 3-8/2002. It will end with 50 for 3-8/2050 and 00 for 9/2050-2/2051. There is a little room for confusion if you don't know that "I" can't be one of the first two characters. As I'm sure you know, the font used on UK plates shows the number 1 and the letter I identically as I. Therefore, S123 MGY for example (from the previous prefix plate sequence) looks like SI23 MGY, which most people would think is a 23 plate in the current sequence denoting 3-8/2023, whereas an S reg prefix plate was actually issued 8/1998-2/1999. Personally, I think the whole age identifier system is pretty pathetic. Good for makers/dealers, the Government's coffers and pathetic snobs, but ridiculous that there's no problem supposedly making your car appear older by affixing an older age identifier or an even older so-called dateless plate (or a dateless N.Irish plate), but you can't affix a newer age identifier. If you want to use a rego plate to aid in a fraud it cuts both ways, but of course the system in the UK is proven to generate a rush to buy new cars...now twice a year...so you can impress the neighbours.

[@mguytv]

Thanks for the explanation!

[@targaflorio3239]

Great video. Personally I go with the euro style plates. Black and gold. Look quite premium imo

[@mguytv]

Yeah I like the Euro style also 😊

[@TellerMorrow]

Can you do a Australia tour video with your cars and a drone for filming? It would be nice to see the ocean side coast.

[@Peggers]

Good video! Pros and cons of both compared to the UK - interesting learning how other countries work, moving to NSW from England in a couple weeks so I'll definitely be getting a plate sorted

[@mguytv]

You’ll enjoy it here!

[@nigel.w]

In Switzerland there's a way to have one rego plate that can be moved to multiple vehicles like a single set of trade plates. I'm not sure of the exact mechanism or how much it costs. I know that only one car can be driven at a time, so a couple can't drive two cars at the same time on the same rego.

[@mguytv]

That's interesting ... and weird too!

[@nickrod32]

I've always wanted to know this information ! im actually surprised it's only $500 a year and I wonder when this became a thing? seems like only in the past 5 years ive started seeing custom plates

[@Icy_Lucifer1973]

I'm in NSW. I have the black and white personalised plates. Got them back in 1978. As they've worn out over the years, I've paid a replacement fee which was reasonable and gotten thrm redone. The last time I replaced them was probably between 2007 and 2010 and from memory cost $40-50. Fast forward to 2023 and post privatisation of the plates. Like for like replacement - $280!!! I know my maths isn't brilliant but that is a roughly 500% increase. This is nothing but a rip off. I'll bet it doesn't cost anywhere near that amount to produce. As for the plates with annual fees, why would you bother.

[@vornamenachname5589]

Thank you ! That's absolutely fascinating and mindblowing. What a genius business model to rip of car enthusiats ;-) We here in germany have the same rule in all states (but i guess each of the australian states or twice as big as germany) and its simple and boring: All our plates (with some exceptions) are like B-SW 1234. The letter before the hyphen is for your county. B would mean Berlin for example which is a county for its own for this purpose. the 2 letters following and the digits are free for customization. if your combination is avaliable you have to pay 10 or 20 euros extra. but you can't change the format and of course not the style. in fact minor changes to the license plate can get you a penalty. Btw. i like the style with the kittys.

[@mguytv]

Haha yes I have to say I like the cats one also!

[@johngoard8272]

I agree mate I once had some personalized plates but gave it away because as you say it a rip off.

[@clives4501]

Best WA plate on an SS VZ ute L76 - OLDEN V8.

[@supercarowners]

Good God!!! I was thinking of a custom plate for my Porsche 924. Definitely not worth it, it is almost the annual running cost of the car.

[@liamcinq]

Very different from the UK, no styles here well you can add badges and some text but you can't go too crazy anymore. So no style fees just the cost of the plates being made up after you buy the reg. Do you have ANPR in Aus?

[@nigel.w]

They have speed cameras, so yes.

[@whispercars306]

I think you should atleast keep the mguy maserati plate & get rid of the others. Some bmw m fan might buy it for more.

[@mguytv]

I can do without it tbh... if someone wants to snap it up, good luck to them

[@marinclay2405]

Hmmm. My 2 digit plate I purchased in New Zealand in the 90’s cost about $800, and no fees ever since. NSW is taking the p*ss.

[@nigel.w]

Now they're from $2499, depending on the style of the plate. Standard black on white is 2499. There are now three formats from 599 (for variations of the Govt issue format, called fixed format). The free/flexi format plates are from 999. And yours is now called a premium format plate (two or three alphanumeric characters). All 36 single digit plates are gone, but I seem to remember that some were sold for as little at 999 back in the day. IIRC, what is now called a flexi format was $399 back in the late 1980s. When I left NZ 10 years ago I sold a couple on TradeMe and I think I only managed to get 100-150 for each. One was a company name so not surprising. The other was a Porsche associated plate so I was disappointed not to get more for it. But I think there's only real value in the 1 and 2 digit plates and possibly the 3 digit plates. Other than that, it's really only proper names that people are prepared to pay significant sums for. There are a surprising number of good combinations still available to register for the first time. Anyway, I agree that NSW is really taking the p.... I think the NZ system remains one of the best.

[@Stolencamaro]

$450 compare to $3100 in act. Yes u “own them as long u pay storage fees when u get sick of them or theyll get taken and yes some small anual fees too.. end of the day we all get sick and tired of them or circumstances change then u losse $1000s as in my case i had them for motorbikes and later sold them ..

[@lesklower7281]

N.S.W if you through every number plate in detail it would take hours now l have owned many vehicles and have had a couple of different styles of number plates at present l have a 1997 Toyota Hilux and it is the yellow with the black numbers and letters 3 letters 3 numbers and our 2021 Suzuki Baleno has the new yellow and black numder plate l have had two vehicles with the black with white two letters 3 numbers and one vehicle with the white back ground with the black lettering and l saw the white and black number plate SCH 00L